Carolinas Four Ball: McClellan and Channell take it
CAMDEN, SC (May 6, 2007)-- 2006 Carolinas Amateur Champion Scott McClellan and partner Dean Channell, both of Cary, NC held off finalists Taylor Hough of Spartanburg, SC and Daniel Neveu of Pinehurst, NC to win the Carolinas Four-Ball Championship, 2 & 1.
McClellan and Channell never trailed in the match gaining only a two-up advantage at any time.
Birdies were the order of business on the front nine, but high winds later in the day presented a rebellious back nine. Both teams threw out seven birdies on their first nine holes as McClellan and Channell turned with a one-up lead.
Neither team won a back-nine hole until a Hough birdie squared the match at 14. Channell countered with a par win on 15. McClellan sealed the 2 & 1 win with a 12-foot birdie on the par-4 17th.
To reach the finals, the champions knocked off reigning North Carolina Four Ball champions Brian and Mark Gauley; reigning Carolinas Mid-Amateur champion Walter Todd and partner Rick Cloninger; 2006 Carolinas Amateur runner-up (to McClellan) Whit Massey and partner Nick Hughey; and defending champions Robert and David Dargan.
"We had a tough bracket to get to the finals," said Channell. "So that made this win that much special."
--Story courtesy CGA
ABOUT THE Carolinas Four-Ball
The Four-Ball Championship of the Carolinas
is
a perennial favorite with the Carolina's best
amateur golfers. Two rounds of Four-Ball
stroke play format (one best ball of the two)
determine the 32 teams to advance to match
play. Entry is open to any male amateur
golfer
who is a legal resident of one of the
Carolinas,
is a member in good standing of a club which
is
a member of the Carolinas Golf Association
(CGA) and has a current (within 90 days of
opening date) USGA handicap index at a CGA
member club. The championship team
receives
merchandise, trophies and names inscribed
on
the Hale Van Hoy Trophy. Stroke play
qualifying medalists’ names will be inscribed
on
the Joe B. McCarley Cup. Additional prizes are
awarded to all match play contestants.
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